Distractions Volume 3!!!

God will continue to use those who avail themselves for His Will. We see this in Mary when she is lead to pour perfume on Jesus head to prepare Him for the journey He had to take to the cross. When the disciples saw this in their nature they wanted to sell the expensive perfume so that they could use the money for the poor. We have to be connected in the Spirit when moving in God’s Will, because there will always be someone to try and sway us from our task that we know was given to us by the Father. Our intimacy with the Father will continue to allow us to hear His voice clearly and not have the mixing and mingling of our flesh and our rational judgment. The disciples look at this as an opportunity to serve the poor, which would be a great thing. This on the other hand had a Godly purpose to prepare Christ for His burial. Here God used the same woman that was caught in fornication and was brought to Christ for His approval to stone. God has a plan for all our lives and we must humble ourselves in order to receive His Will so that we may be “Good and Faithful Servants”. Do not let the talk of men discounting your service for the Lord become a distraction and hinder your purpose. Keep your eyes focus on God and He will keep you in His Will!!! Have a wonderful life of being a vessel of God on purpose!!!!!

Mark 14

Jesus Anointed at Bethany
1 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 2 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”
3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages[a] and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.
6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will always have with you,[b] and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. 8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. 11 They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.